Ban On New Engineering Colleges To Continue For two More Years
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The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has extended the moratorium on setting up new engineering institutes for two more years with certain exceptions, according to its chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe. The move comes after a government-constituted panel had recommended continuation of the ongoing moratorium. The The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) had imposed a moratorium of two years on granting approvals for new colleges in 2020.
" The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has extended its moratorium on establishing new engineering institutes up to two years with certain exceptions," Sahasrabudhe said. The exceptions include state government proposal to start new polytechnic in conventional, emerging, multidisciplinary, vocational areas including PPP mode; any industry having a minimum annual turnover of Rs 5,000 crore (in preceding three years) registered as trust, society, company established under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013; and philanthropical organisations existing for over 25 years and running other educational institutes having a minimum enrolment of 10,000 students and NIRF (if applicable) ranking up to 100 in the preceding year.
The technical education regulator had constituted a committee in 2018 under the chairmanship of BVR Mohan Reddy, chairman of Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad on short-term and medium-term perspective plan for engineering education. The committee observed that the capacity utilisation (intake capacity vs enrolment) in undergraduate and postgraduate levels was 49.8 per cent during 2017-18 and had recommended that no new capacity be approved by the AICTE starting from the academic year 2020 and the creation of new capacity can be reviewed every two years there
The New Education Policy (NEP) envisages that all higher education institutions (HEIs) should evolve into autonomous universities by the year 2040 with individual enrolment of above 3,000."Consequently, the The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has facilitated merger of institutions without restriction of intake and has granted autonomy to the PGDM standalone institutions under its purview. "The council had last year announced technical education courses in Indian languages. Consequently, in the last year alone we granted approval to 19 institutes and universities to conduct 26 technical courses in six Indian languages (Bengali, Hindi, Kannad, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) in 10 states," Sahasrabudhe said. "In order to facilitate the smooth conduct of these courses, various translated books in Indian languages are being made available to the institutions. We have kept a target of implementation of printing of study materials in 12 Indian languages," he said.
" The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has expanded its ban on laying out new designing establishments as long as two years with specific exemptions," Sahasrabudhe said.The special cases incorporate state government proposition to begin new polytechnic in regular, arising, multidisciplinary, professional regions including PPP mode; any industry having a base yearly turnover of ₹5,000 crore (in going before three years) enrolled as trust, society, organization laid out under Segment 8 of the Organizations Act, 2013; and philanthropical associations existing for more than 25 years and running other instructive foundations having a base enrolment of 10,000 understudies and NIRF (if relevant) positioning up to 100 in the previous year.
The board of trustees saw that the limit usage (admission limit versus enrolment) in undergrad and postgraduate levels was 49.8 percent during 2017-18 and had suggested that no new limit be supported by the The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) beginning from the scholastic year 2020 and the making of new limit can be surveyed like clockwork from that point.
"More than 40% of the fundamental necessities previously requested by the board from its supported foundations are NEP agreeable. It is relevant to specify that in the past scholarly year, the committee moved forward to reduce the subject obstruction by including a sum of 14 subjects concentrated on in different school training sheets the nation over to make them qualified for chasing after specialized training courses presented by the board," Sahasrabudhe said.
"The chamber had last year reported specialized training courses in Indian dialects. Thus, somewhat recently alone we conceded endorsement to 19 establishments and colleges to lead 26 specialized courses in six Indian dialects (Bengali, Hindi, Kannad, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) in 10 states," Sahasrabudhe said.